2023

Wayne Hartley, Manatee Specialist, and Cora Berchem, Director of Multimedia and Manatee Research Associate, take "roll call" on a cold winter morning at Blue Spring State Park. Photo courtesy David Schrichte.

Manatee Sightings Update: June 2023

See sightings updates from Save the Manatee Club staff and partners from across the state.

Save the Manatee Club’s mana-team of 20 volunteers and staff at the Brevard Zoo’s Restore Our Shores Zoo’s oyster shell site in Cocoa, FL on March 25.

Save the Manatee Club Volunteers Get Their Hands Dirty

After many requests for “hands-on” fieldwork opportunities, Save the Manatee Club volunteers completed our first-ever team fieldwork event on March 25.

Wayne Hartley, Manatee Specialist, and Cora Berchem, Director of Multimedia and Manatee Research Associate, take "roll call" on a cold winter morning at Blue Spring State Park. Photo courtesy David Schrichte.

Manatee Sightings Update: April 2023

It was a mild winter at Blue Spring State Park, sightings were scarce until a cold snap in mid-March brought some familiar faces back.

Lesley needed several surgeries and almost three years in rehabilitation. But she ultimately recovered from her injury and infection and was released in January of 2021.

Remembering Lesley

Lesley’s story is an example of the incredible resiliency manatees have and the wonderful work done by the Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Partnership.

Complete tracking equipment—including belt, tether, and buoy—is visible in this photo of Miles, taken by SMC’s underwater webcam at Blue Spring State Park.

Let’s Talk (Manatee) Tracking!

Have you ever seen a manatee with what looks like a buoy attached to a belt around its tail? Most likely this was a manatee with a satellite tracking device!

Wayne Hartley, Manatee Specialist, and Cora Berchem, Director of Multimedia and Manatee Research Associate, take "roll call" on a cold winter morning at Blue Spring State Park. Photo courtesy David Schrichte.

Manatee Sightings Update: February 2023

Manatee season was off to a slow start with warmer than average temperatures, but two freezes lead to several sightings and a record 729 manatees at the park!